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TIL that because of its high sulfur content, the lava from Indonesia's Kawah Ijen Volcano glows blue

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Egod TIL that in the United States, having child pornography often results in a harsher sentence than actually molesting a child would
Mer47 TIL one way the Romans measured time was through Saeculum - the period of time from the moment an event occurred (for example the founding of a city) until the point in time that all people who were alive to see it happen were dead.
nLDr TIL During his time as a Congressman and later the US President, John F Kennedy donated all of his salary to charity.
OoP9Y Today I learned the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel Maus also co-created the Garbage Pail Kids.
AGaa TIL Traci Johnson, a healthy 19-year-old college student volunteer enrolled in a clinical trial for the antidepressant Cymbalta and shortly after hung herself at the testing facility.